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Column Headers

Common Options

See Menu Item Manager: New Menu Item for help on fields common to all Menu Item types, including Details, Link Type Options, Page Display Options, Metadata Options, and Module Assignments for this Menu Item.

Category Options

The Category Options control the way that category information is shown in the layout. The Category List Layout has the following Category Options, as shown below.

Category Title. (Use Global/Hide/Show) Whether to hide or show the title of the category.

Category Description. Description of this category, which can optionally be displayed in the front-end.

Category Image. (Use Global/Hide/Show) Whether to hide or show the category image.

Subcategory Levels. (Use Global/All/1-5) The number of levels of subcategories to show in the layout. Select All to show all levels in the subcategory hierarchy.

Empty Categories. (Use Global/Hide/Show) Whether to hide or show the categories that contain no content items or subcategories.

No Articles Message. (Use Global/Hide/Show) If set to Show, the message 'There are no articles in this category' will display when a category contains no articles.

Subcategories Descriptions. (Use Global/Hide/Show) Whether to hide or show the category description of subcategories.

# Articles in Category. (Use Global/Hide/Show) Whether to hide or show the count of articles in each category.

Page Subheading. Optional text to show as a page subheading.

List Layouts

List Layout Options control the appearance of the list layout.

Display Select. (Use Global/Hide/Show) Whether to hide or show the Display # control that allows the user to select the number of items to show in the list. An example of how it is shown in the Front End (website) view below.

If there are more items than this number, you can use the page navigation buttons (Start, Prev, Next, End, and page numbers) to navigate between pages. Note that if you have a large number of items, it may be helpful to use the Filter options, located above the column headings, to limit which items display.

Filter Field. The Filter Field creates a text field where a user can enter a field to be used to filter the articles shown in the list. An example of how this looks in the front-end layout is shown below.

The possible options for this (in the back-end menu item edit) are shown below.

Date Format. Optional format string to control the format of the date (if shown). If left blank, the date will use the DATE_FORMAT_LC1 format from the language file (for example, "D M Y" for "31 December 2012" or "m-d-y" for "12-31-12"). See PHP Date Documentation for more information.

Show Hits in List. (Use Global/Hide/Show) Whether to hide or show the number of hits for this item.

Show Author in List. (Use Global/Hide/Show) Whether to hide or show the name of the author.

Category Order. Order of Categories in this Layout. The following options are available.

Use Global: Use the default value from the component options screen.

No Order: Articles are ordered only by the Article Order, without regard to Category.

Title Alphabetical: Categories are displayed in alphabetical order (A to Z)

Title Reverse Alphabetical: Categories are displayed in reverse alphabetical order (Z to A)

Category Manager Order: Categories are ordered according to the Order column entered in the Category Manager.

Article Order. Order of articles in this Layout. The following options are available.

Most recent first: Articles are displayed starting with the most recent and ending with the oldest.

Oldest first: Articles are displayed starting with the oldest and ending with the most recent.

Title Alphabetical: Articles are displayed by Title in alphabetical order (A to Z)

Title Reverse Alphabetical: Articles are displayed by Title in reverse alphabetical order (Z to A)

Author Alphabetical: Articles are displayed by Author in alphabetical order (A to Z)

Author Reverse Alphabetical: Articles are displayed by Author in reverse alphabetical order (Z to A)

Most Hits: Articles are displayed by the number of hits, starting with the one with the most hits and ending with the one with the least hits

Least Hits: Articles are displayed by the number of hits, starting with the one with the least hits and ending with the one with the most hits

Article Manager Order: Articles are ordered according to the Order column entered in the Article Manager.

Date for Ordering. The date used when articles are sorted by date. The following options are available.

Use Global: Use the default value from the component options screen.

Created: Use the article created date.

Modified: Use the article modified date.

Published: Use the article start publishing date.

Pagination. Hide or Show Pagination support. Pagination provides page links at the bottom of the page that allow the User to navigate to additional pages. These are needed if the listed items will not fit on one page. An example is shown below.

The following options are available.

Use Global: Use the default value from the component options screen.

Auto: Pagination links shown if needed.

Show: Pagination links shown if needed.

Hide: Pagination links not shown. Note: In this case, Users will not be able to navigate to additional pages.

Pagination Results. Hide or Show the current page number and total pages (e.g., "Page 1 of 2") at the bottom of each page. Use Global will use the default value from the component options.

# Articles to List. The number of articles to include in the list. Select the desired number from the list box.

Show Title. (Use Global/Hide/Show). Whether or not to show the Article's Title.

Linked Titles. (Use Global/No/Yes). If the Article's Title is shown, whether to show it as a link to the article.

Show Intro Text. (Use Global/Hide/Show). If set to Show, the Intro Text of the article will show when you drill down to the article. If set to Hide, only the part of the article after the "Read More" break will show.

Show Category. (Use Global/Hide/Show). Whether or not to show the Article's Category.

Link Category. (Use Global/No/Yes). If the Article's Category is shown, whether to show it as a link to a Category layout (list or blog) for that Category.

Show Parent. (Use Global/Hide/Show). Whether or not to show the Article's Parent Category.

Link Parent. (Use Global/No/Yes). If the Article's Parent Category is shown, whether to show it as a link to a Category layout (list or blog) for that Category.

Show Author. (Use Global/Hide/Show) Whether to show the author of the Article.

Link Author. (Use Global/No/Yes). If the Article's author is shown, whether to show it as a link to a Contact layout for that author. Note that the author must be set up as a Contact in Contact Manager: Edit.

Show Create Date. (Use Global/Hide/Show). Whether or not to show the Article's create date.

Show Modify Date. (Use Global/Hide/Show). Whether or not to show the Article's modify date.

Show Publish Date. (Use Global/Hide/Show). Whether or not to show the Article's start publishing date.

Show Navigation. (Use Global/Hide/Show). Whether or not to show a navigation link (for example, Next or Previous article) when you drill down to the article.

Show Voting. (Use Global/Hide/Show). Whether or not to show the a voting icon for the article.

Show Read More. (Use Global/Hide/Show). Whether or not to show a "Read More" link to allow a drill down to the entire article.

Show Title with Read More. (Use Global/Hide/Show). If set to Show, the Article's title will show in the "Read More" button.

Show Icons. (Use Global/Hide/Show). If set to Show, Print and Email will use icons instead of text.

Show Print Icon. (Use Global/Hide/Show). Show or Hide the Print Article button.

Show Email Icon. (Use Global/Hide/Show). Show or Hide the Email Article button.

Show Hits. (Use Global/Hide/Show). Show or Hide the number of times the article has been hit (displayed by a user).

Show Unauthorised Links. (Use Global/No/Yes). If Yes, the Intro Text for restricted articles will show. Clicking on the "Read More" link will require users to log in to view the full article content.